intotheout: (possibly stoned)
intotheout ([personal profile] intotheout) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2017-09-30 10:08 am

Parents Weekend Bowling Night, Fast Eddie's, Saturday

J.Lo had helped Tip set up for the evening, so along with the obligatory preponderance of glitter for any Student Council organized activity, there was also a non-zero amount of bubbles. Bubbles of every shape, size, and color drifted through the arcade, the shoe rental, the dining counter, everywhere but the bowling lanes, so as to not mess with the floor there if they popped. They weren't going to pop without extra effort, though. These were Boov bubbles, built to last.

"You know no one but you can tell that those say 'Welcome parents and guests', right?" Tip asked. Bill flew in indignant circles of her head, and J.Lo gave her the stink eye.

"If Tip had beento studying as werefor her promisings, she would knows this also."

"Anyway, let's get you some shoes. . . ."

[open!]
whoisalicewhite: (considering)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Okay. The things some people cared about would always mystify her, but, sure. "Then why not play barefoot?" She held up one of the shoes. "These don't even have steel toes if I drop one of these things."
prophetnotpoet: (Default)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"You don't seem like the sort to drop things," Cassie said. "And I think barefoot's a health code violation."
whoisalicewhite: (neutral)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I never drop things," Parker said, swinging a bright green bowling ball from her fingertips. "I just don't get how other people think, sometimes." Not that it bothered her, but it was good that it didn't seem to bother Cassie. "Have you bowled before? Do you like it?"

Eliot would probably do this perfectly. Like every other sport ever.
prophetnotpoet: (hopeful)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie shrugged. "A couple times. It's alright. The best part is hanging out with people in between frames."
whoisalicewhite: (considering)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Eliot should be here, so he can show everyone the right way to bowl," Parker said, then snort-giggled. "Or the best way. He probably used a bowling ball to win a fight somewhere." She added, "We should call him, get him on our team!"
prophetnotpoet: (hopeful)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
"He bowls too, huh?" Cassie asked, pulling out her phone to send him a text. "It's so weird having an uncle I barely know anything about."
whoisalicewhite: (Sneaking away)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Horse-riding, baseball, hockey, martial arts, guitar-playing..." Parker paused, trying to think of some other stuff, then said, "Do you do all that stuff? You're good at sneaking, like he is."
prophetnotpoet: (thinking)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"That I learned sneaking out of the house to go kiss girls," Cassie said. "I never had much interest in the sports stuff, though. I was really good at karate in fourth grade. Skipped a belt level and everything."
whoisalicewhite: (flipped upside down)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Cool," Parker said, giving her one of her sharp smiles. "Wouldn't your mom want you kissing girls in the house? Or did you just want to kiss girls when you were meant to be doing something else?"
prophetnotpoet: (ohhh)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Mom didn't want me kissing anyone ever. Though I bet she'd've been glad to know she didn't have to worry about me getting pregnant. . . ." Cassie shrugged. "Oklahoma's not like the big coastal cities. There's still lots of people who don't think girls kissing girls should happen at all. I didn't do it out in the open until I got to Santa Cruz for school."
whoisalicewhite: (neutral)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Ohhh." Parker paused, holding the bowling ball between one finger of each hand, looking contemplative. "I forget, sometimes. That that's a big deal." Not all the time, but living in Fandom had made it easier to lose track of the stupid things some people thought about that. "I can see your mom being protective, though. People can be jerks. We're more careful when we're on a job, about the three of us, when we're off the island."
vdistinctive: (innocent-face)

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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-10-01 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
"More careful about what?" Eliot asked, reaching over to take the ball from Parker. He knew her fingers were strong enough to hold a ball like that, but she was going to give the staff here panic attacks.

"Kissing girls," Cassie said. "Or in your case, boys and girls."
whoisalicewhite: (Eliot is fed up with me)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Cassie sneaks like you do," Parker added, leaning into him, not minding the ball-theft too much. "Did you learn to sneak from going out to kiss guys and girls too?"
vdistinctive: (office-face)

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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-10-01 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Just the girls," Eliot said. "Didn't start kissing boys until after boot camp."

"Do you bowl?" Cassie asked.

"Not really. But there was this one time, up in Edmonton, with this Andorran mercenary. . . ." He held up his hands, smiling, then caught a glance at his niece and lowered them again. ". . . we . . . bowled. In a bowling alley. The way people who aren't assassins do."

This was the team's current best grifter.
whoisalicewhite: (Happy)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Parker looked from Eliot, to Cassie, and said, "Right. Because that is not a thing we do. Or you do. Or anything." Good talk! "So yeah, no extra advantage. Do you want to go first?"
prophetnotpoet: (crooked smirk)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Cassie smirked. "You two are adorable. The first time we met, Parker told me about stabbing a guy with a fork over war orphans."

"So, bowling," Eliot said. "Which I can safely tell your mother about without worrying about her killing me."
whoisalicewhite: (considering)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
"He had it coming," Parker said automatically. "Also, we should show you stuff around the island. Like the Alots. Or the teal deer. Just, don't mention that stuff to your mom either."
vdistinctive: (innocent-face)

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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-10-01 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"A lot of what?" Cassie asked.

"Nobody knows," said Eliot. "We could go on a hike through the preserve if you like. It's one of the nicest places on the island."

"I can go walking in the woods back in New York. I want to see something cool."
whoisalicewhite: (with Eliot)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Colors, sometimes." Parker considered. "There are cliffs? And some beaches. Also, the zombie band, but I don't know if you think zombies are cool or not."
prophetnotpoet: (ew)

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[personal profile] prophetnotpoet 2017-10-01 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
"There are zombies in the woods? And they play in a band?"
whoisalicewhite: (neutral)

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[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-10-01 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
"What would zombies be doing in the woods? Aside from rising from their graves, I guess." Parker pfftt'd that thought. "No, they're at the Caritas bar. We don't go that often, Hardison hates zombies." Well, and Parker had a while where she was very much not enamored of them. "But you know, if you want to see something different..."
vdistinctive: (Parker look exchange-face)

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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2017-10-01 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Is she kidding?" Cassie asked Eliot softly. "I can't tell."

"Almost never," Eliot said. "Now you know why I never invited the whole family up to visit."